FIN223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Commercial Bank, Ordinary Income, Income Property

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Lecture fin223 week 1: investment and investment process, goal: to grow your money to achieve long-term financial goals. Investment: any asset into which funds can be placed with the expectation that it will generate positive income and/or increase its value. Low- or high-risk investments: risk: uncertainty surrounding the return that a particular investment will generate. High-risk: less predictable, higher average return: diversification: holding different types of assets in an investment portfolio. Short- or long-term investments: short-term: maturities of one year or less, long-term: maturities of longer than one year. Domestic or foreign: domestic: securities issued by domestic companies, foreign: securities issued by foreign companies, the structure of the investment process. Suppliers and demanders of funds: households. Typically net suppliers of funds: government. Federal, state and local projects & operations. Typically net demanders of funds: businesses: Investments in production of goods and services. Individual investors: individuals that manage their own funds to achieve their financial goals.

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